Bihar

• 07 Aug 2021

Birth and Death Data on Public Portal

Why in News

• Recently, the Bihar government has decided to upload the details of birth and death on an online portal.

Key Points

• According to official sources, this decision has been taken after the difficulty in getting the death figures during the covid-19.
• This portal is being prepared by the IT department and soon the details of birth and death will be uploaded on it. With this, Bihar will become the first state in the country to make the birth and death statistics public.
• The preparation for uploading the details of birth and death is being done through the Urban Development Department and Panchayati Raj Department. The ward councillor will become the medium for uploading the data.
• In urban areas, this data will come to the executive officer of the corporation through the ward councillor, which they will upload on the portal, while in rural areas this data will go to the BDO through the ward councillor.
• It is worth mentioning that at present, the data of birth and death is being registered in urban areas through the Urban Development Department and in rural areas through the Planning Development Department. After the launch of the portal, the responsibility of uploading the data will be with the Urban Development Department in urban areas and Panchayati Raj Department in rural areas.